I have just located a relative's U.S. Naturalization record from 1919.
The "last foreign residence" and town of birth are listed as Benaci, Italy.
When I google Benaci - the closest name seems to be Torri del Benaco, Italy.
Does that sound like a reasonable match?
Or would you suggest a better one?
Family lore is that this relative was from northern Italy.
thanks.

maria280 wrote:I have just located a relative's U.S. Naturalization record from 1919.
The "last foreign residence" and town of birth are listed as Benaci, Italy.
When I google Benaci - the closest name seems to be Torri del Benaco, Italy.
Does that sound like a reasonable match?
Or would you suggest a better one?
Family lore is that this relative was from northern Italy.
thanks.

There is also the town of San Felice del Benaco in the province of Brescia in the Lombardia region.

maria280 wrote:I have just located a relative's U.S. Naturalization record from 1919.
The "last foreign residence" and town of birth are listed as Benaci, Italy.
When I google Benaci - the closest name seems to be Torri del Benaco, Italy.
Does that sound like a reasonable match?
Or would you suggest a better one?
Family lore is that this relative was from northern Italy.
thanks.

Do you have the actual arrival manifest for your relative? It would be interesting to see what is on that document...
If you do not have that record, maybe we can help you search for it. Can you give us a name and date of arrival/ship name?

T has helped me with this Piraine/Piraino search before - trying to locate this manifest - and I am still looking. This doc is just the newest bit of information that I was hoping would lead me right to it but it still remains unfound.

T has helped me with this Piraine/Piraino search before - trying to locate this manifest - and I am still looking. This doc is just the newest bit of information that I was hoping would lead me right to it but it still remains unfound.

I can tell you that the ship name listed on the naturalization paper is not the correct one, as the Ancona's first arrival in NY, other than in 1848, was on April 9, 1908. So if he arrived on or about March 2, 1904, as stated in the naturalization paper, your ancestor did not arrive on the Ancona. I will caution you also that such dates on naturalization papers are not always correct. My one great grandfather's naturalization record had him arriving on or about July 1892 but his first arrival in the U.S. was actually in Aug of 1893. You can use the link below to see ships that did arrive around the date on the naturalization record.
Erudita

Its encouraging to hear that you just have to keep looking, rather than think the simple answer is in the document.

Suanj - this relative had blue eyes and blond hair and we were told that he came from Northern Italy. Would you put any weight on his eyes and hair making it more likely that he came from the north?

thanks.

You're welcome, Maria. FYI, I actually had Sicilian born relatives who had fair skin and hazel colored eyes, so don't assume that your ancestors were from the north just because of skin and eye color. There was actually a thread on this forum, which may now be gone, where there was a lengthy discussion about this. Anyway, the town I mentioned to you, and the one you found, are neighboring towns, I believe, so one of those may be correct, but you should remain open minded about the possibility suggested to you by suanj.

Its encouraging to hear that you just have to keep looking, rather than think the simple answer is in the document.

Suanj - this relative had blue eyes and blond hair and we were told that he came from Northern Italy. Would you put any weight on his eyes and hair making it more likely that he came from the north?

thanks.

Hi,
the correct spelling of surname is basic in the search, I believed Piraino, because to seem so to me..
but also because in WWI draft registration card I found a:
U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 about Giovanni Battestie Piraine
Name: Giovanni Battestie Piraine
City: Camden
County: Camden
State: New Jersey
Birth Date: 30 Dec 1881
Race: White
Draft Board: 3

maybe a Domenico relative?

well the birthplace of this Giovanni Battista is no mentioned on the WWI draft registration card, but I found just:

I found that also Frank Piraino/e made a trip back from Canada...
I believe that they worked in USa and in Canada in the first years of immigration and after they lived in USA definitely..
Thanks,
suanj

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